On 30 July 2014 11:39, Derick Rethans <der...@php.net> wrote: > On Wed, 30 Jul 2014, Mike Griffiths wrote: > > > I would like to broach the subject of introducing some sort of > > analytics package, such as Google Analytics, to the PHP.net website > > and its sister sites. > > > > I personally believe this would be of huge benefit to lots of us, as > > currently there is little to no way (that I'm aware of) of viewing > > useful statistics and metrics on our visitors. > > > > Hannes and I spoke about this last night, and he is against the idea > > of using a third party package to do this, and would rather write > > something. > > I agree with Hannes, the 3rd party stuff is like a number one annoyance > visiting sites, that also slows things down. Honestly, I really don't > care where people come from and how long they stay. Finding out which > pages people visit we can easily find out from the web logs. > > > 2. Use Google Analytics, or something similar. Hannes voiced privacy > > concerns over using Google Analytics, which are concerns I don't > > share, but it would be great to hear everyone's opinion on it. > > I definitely share those concerns. > > cheers, > Derick >
Like I say, I'm not overly fussed on Google Analytics. If we can find a self-hosted solution that gives us as much visibility as possible then that's even better. This has come about from people requesting data, or mentioning in passing that it would be useful to know xyz about the user base. If we already have something then that's great, but there's not enough visibility of it internally. If we have nothing then I believe we should look to change that. When I spoke to Hannes last night he was able to give me some metrics, but I assume that's from him querying something that the majority of us don't have access to. -- Mike Griffiths - Blog <http://mike-griffiths.co.uk> mgriffi...@gmail.com
